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THEY MEET AGAIN After Being Separated for About Fifty-Five Years. AFTER MANY YEARS Two Brothers Greet Knelt Other in Columbia?One Served in the I'nion and One in the Confederate Army?A Very I'nnsual and Interesting Reunion Was Held. Columbia, March 4.?To have a man, apparently an entire stranger, approach suddenly and announeo that he is a brother whom one had not seen in 55 years is an experience out of the ordinary, to say, the least, but that is what happened to Mr. S. A. Horn, at his home, 14 19 Assembly street, as he was sitting on his front ss/?wV, vootisrilnv nffornnnn. Mr. Horn was quietly enjoying the nilu of a beautiful day when he observed a stranger meandering along, looking closely at the houses on the street. The stranger went into Mr. Horn's daughter's house, which is next to his own, and then coming out passed only to retrace his steps and stop at the gate. Mr Horn called to the man, asking if he was looking for some one's house, receiving the reply that he was looking for a Mr. Horn. Mr. llorn replied that that was his name, and then the stranger rushed in nnd asked, "Is this Sam?" "What's left of him," replied Mr. riorn, whereupon the other replied, "Well, I'm Bill." And so It proved, his brother Bill. The two had not seen each other in 55 years and had only been in communication with each other since last August, when another of the brothers, Bernard, died in San Jose, Cal. It was then that Mr. S. A. Horn found that his brother, William N. Horn, was still alive and in Portland, Ore. Since that time they have been exchanging letters but Mr. S. A. Horn of Columbia had no information of Mr. W. N. Horn's presence in the city until he came to the house. Mr. Wm. N. Horn is on his way from Portland to visit the old home nliino In Muinn lint will romnin In the city for a week, the guest of his long separated brother. The Horn family lived in Gardner, Maine, until 1857, when S. A. Horn, at the age of 16 came to South Carolina. During the War Between the Sections he was a member of Hampton's cavalry, while his brothers, among the number W. N. Horn, were soldiers in the federal army. The brother now in the city was a member of a Maine regiment, serving under Gen. 0. O. Howard. Shorty after the conclusion of the struggle the reunited brothers went West while S. A. Horn returned to his home in the South. The brothers had not met during the war and no communication was established V 1 It. ? A All A - A. _ t 1 A UULWtM'U lilt' UVU until iYllgUSL Ol IIISI year, when the death of a brother caused a correspondence to commence between the two families. Mr. Horn, deciding to visit the old home again, concluded to surprise his brother while en route and did not apprise him of his coming until his arrival at his door step. Fifty-five years' lapse had not dulled the ardor of the brotherly affection, one for the other, and the two are elated at being reunited. Each is nearing his alloted 70 years. KILLED HIS FRIEND To (jet Money to Lenra to Run an Automobile. Hutchinson, Kans., March 3.?Tc obtain money to attend a school ant learn to be a chauffeur, Orville Fol and, 19 years old, murdered Jess< Haymaker, a friend, who had cliargi of the Hutchinson express office a confessed in a plea of guilty enter ed by Poland. Poland was sentenc ed to life imprisonment. The murd er was committed early last Wednes day morning. Value of Irrigation. If it is true that the growing o two blades of grass where but 011 grew formerly is a benefit to man kind, it is an equal benefit to hav one blade grown where none hefor grow. It 1b this #which irrigatio does in large sections of our lan where the soil, naturally fertile, ha remained a barren waste because c the absence of moisture. The ii rlgation ditches carrying a well nig unlimited supply of water from th mountains are reclaiming and roafc ing fruitful vast areas of land tha are surely becoming the abode c many thousands of industrious an prosperous people. When irrigatio was first proposed it was opposed b many as a useless expenditure c money, but those croakers are no' convinced that they were wrong. STORY OF A HATCHET THAT WAS nitOUGHT TO THIS COUNTRY FROM GERMANY Ry the Ancestors of Mr. G. M. R. Epting Over One Hundred and Fifty Years Ago. The following remarkable history of a hatchet we tako from the Newberry Observer. It is well worth reading: Mr. G. M. B. ICpting has a hatchet with a history. It was brought to this country form Germany one hundred and fifty years ago by his ancestors. Of course he prizes it very highly. It is of the general shape and appearance of the hatchet with which George Washington cut father's cherry tree and somewhat like the hatchets sold today in Newberry hardware stores. One old feature about it, though, is the nailpuller. The hatchets made now have a slot on the inner edge of the blade for pulling nails. Thosee of a former generation had a claw-hammer arrangement on the farther end of the helve. This hatchet has the nail-puller of the claw-hammer stylo, but it is on the nearer end of the helve, next to the handle of the person using it. About 1G50?or somewhere near the middle of the 17th century, anyhow?four men, named Dicket, Eplinir. Sheulv and Summer, came over to this country from near Heidelberg, Germany, to the borders of Maryland and Pennsylvania. They were so pleased with the country that they returned to Germany and brought a colony over with them and effected a settlement. About the middle of the 18th century Dlokets, Etpings, Shealys, Summers and other German families from Heidelberg, came to South Carolina and settled the country known as the Dutch Fork, lying between the Broad and the Saluda river, partly within Newberry county and partly in Lexington. The Summers brought this hatchet with them to this State; it had been brought from Heidelberg. It became the property of Mr. George Summer, the father of Mrs. Epting, mother of Mrs. G M. B. Epting, who is still living in this city at the age of 92. There were four sons of Mr. Geo. Andrew Summer, one of whom James Andrew Summer, is still living at the age of 90. These sons were carpenters. More than sixty years ago they built the house in Caldwell township now occupied by and belonging to Mr. Jno. S. Ruff. While building this house the hatchet, which was being used by James A 11 r/^ur C! ii rn m/\?i m?o n 1 t n?Mnn il | xitiui v; t? uuiutiioi f naa iuoi., to the sorrow of the young worker, because It belonged to his mother, his father having died, and she thought a great deal ojf it 011 acount of its associations with the fatherland. Some years ago Mr. Burden Boozer , who was then living in Newberry at the corner of McKibben and O'Neal streets, was nailing on some pailings to his yard next to Epttng's cotton yard. Mr. G. M. B. Epting was struck with the appearance of the hatchet that Mr. Boozer was using?he had often heard his mother speak of the lost hatchet and this reminded him of it. He asked Mr. Boozer to sell it to him. Mr. Boozer said he did not care to sell it; but Mr. Eping insisted, offering him a dollar, then two, then five. Mr. Boozer still declining, saying that the hat'chet was not worth that, but he would sell it. "Why," asked Mr. Boozer, "are you so anxious to have the hatchet?" Then Mr. Epting told him the story of his grandfather's hatchet. "Here it Is," said Mr. Boozer, handing him the hatchet; "it Is yours, and you shall not pay me a ! cent for it." Mr. Boozer then explained how it came into his possession. He was owner of the house that was being } built when the hatchet was lost. * Forty years after the house - was completed, Mr. Boozer was hav9 ing a new roof put on and some alterations made, and the hatchet was found lying on the ceiling of one of the rooms, near the wall, evidently having been laid there by the workman who was using it when he was building the house, and, forgetting where ho put it, the last board of the ceiling was nailed on. Mr. Boozer never supposing the hatchet had a history, broughl it with him when ,f he moved to town, and used It for e driving nails and splitting kindling. . Mr. Bptlng carried the hatchet 0 home and showed it to his mother, 0 who recognized it at once as hei n mother's hatchet. Two years age Mr. James Andrew Summer, Mrs s Epting'8 brother, was In Newberry, ,f and Mr. Epting showed it to hirr, . and asked him if ho had ever seer h it before. He took it in his hand? e and looked closely at it. For a time > it seemed to awake no recollection; Lt but all at once his face lightened ,f up with interest and he cried out: d "This is Mother's hatchet?Mother's n hatchet that 1 lost"?and as th< y recollection of all the circumstances >f came flooding back upon his mcmorj w he burst into tears and for a mo> ment could not control himself. OUR SOLDIER BOYS WILL BE INSPECTED Bl OFFICERS THIS WEEK. Date on Which the Different Companies Will Be Visited by the Inspectors (iiven Below. The inspection of the National Guards begins this week. The company here will be inspected 011 Friday and the company at Elloree will be inspected on next Monday, the 15th instant. These are now the only two companies in this county. The inspection will be made for the war department by First Lieut. Charles H. Cabaniss, Jr., U. S. army, retired, and for the State by Col William T. Brook, assistant Adjutant and Inspector General. The boys will give these gentlemen a warm welcome when they come Friday on their oflicial rounds. wmui ro iiuu geiit'iai sum corps unci departments, regimental and battalion, field and staff officers, non-commissioned staff officers, and individual members of bands and of hospital corps detachments, not herein otherwise provided for, will report for inspection, in uniform, dismounted, at the same time and place as the organization nearest to their home station. The following schedule for the inspection will be observed and no changes whatever will be made from it: Edgefield, March 8?Company F, 2nd infantry. Aiken, March 9?Unassigned company of infantry. Ham berg, March 10?Company I, 3rd Infantry. ' Barnwell, March 11?Company E, 3rd Infantry. | Orangebrug, March 12?Company Li, 3rd Infantry. Elloree, March 15?Company Q, 3rd Infantry. Sumter March 16?Company L, 2nd infantry. Timmonsville, March 17?Company I, 2nd infantry. Conway, March 18?Company H, 3rd infantry. Georgetown, March 19?Headquarters, 3rd infantry, Company F, 3rd Infantry. Walterboro, March 22?Company K, 3rd infantry. Charleston, March 23, 24, 25, 26 ?Companies A, B, C and D 3rd infantry; 3rd detachment hospital corps. New Brookland, March 27?Company M, 2nd infantry. Columbia, March 29, 30, 31, April 1?General headquarters; headquarters 1st brigade; headquarters 2nd infantry; Companies B, C and I), 2nd 1 ti f n n f i?*r Florence, April 2?Company H, 2nd infantry. Darlington, April 5?Company *K, 2nd infantry. Hartsville, April G?Company O, 2nd infantry. Rennettsville, April 7?Company E, 2nd infantry. Cheraw, April 8?Company F, 1st Infantry. Camden, April 9?Company A, 2nd infantry; 2nd detachment hospital corps. Lancaster, April 12?Unasslgned company of infantry; 2nd detachment hospital corps. Lancaster, April 12?Unasslgned company of infantry. Liberty Hill, April 13?Company ' R, 1st infantry. Rock Hill, April 14?Company II, 1st infantry. Fort Mill, April 15?Company K, (PA.KATf 1 llwt 1 FfNl ?'f H The above in our sliinr ' best and quickest shipping i'ao I HATKE'S VIRGINIA MO' B PRIVATE STOCK CO <N , R HOLLANO GIN-Best Gin , fl APPLE BRANDY-Thla y ?3 PEACH BRANDY-Made | **A1 1 B We prepay express Cha B I 800-803-804-80C lBt Infantry. j | Winnsboro, April 16?Company M. , 3rd Infantry. , j Cornwell, April 17?Company G, let Infantry. Yorkvllle April 19?Headquarters 1st infantry; Company L, 1st infantry. Spartanburg, April 20?Company I, 1st Infantry; baud, 1st infantry, j Union April 21?Company M, 1st infantry. Clifton, April 22?Company C, 1st infantry. Greenville, April 23?Company A, 1st infantry. Anderson, April 26?Company E, 1st infantry. Laurens April 27?Company D, 1st i infantry. . UMess otherwise authorized, the olive drab, service uniform, will be I VU(\IMI CI f Inoiinnll/... . ??* .. v> u uv twa)i?vviUU| will!1' glOVt'S Will not be worn by either officers or onlisted men. Killed His Mother. Holland, Mich., March 5.?Elton Baldwin today confessed to killing his aged mother with a hatchet while she was asleep, fearing she woul I charge him with burning their barn. Kodol for Dyspepsia and Indigestion is a combination of the natural digestive juices with necessary acids, | and it actually digests the food you eat?no matter what kind of food it may he. It does tho ordinary work of the stomach, so that by taking a little Kodol every now and then you cannot possibly have indigestion oi any form of stomach trouble. Sold by all druggists. Victims of Head Hunters. Manila, March 6.?There is a rumor that Lieut. Harry L. King, of the First cavelry, and a detachment of that regiment, who have been mapping the interior of Northern Luzon have become the victims of head-hunters. Most cough cures are constipating because they contain opiates, and you should bo oareful to take something that does not tend to constipate. You should take Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup. It not only allays Inflammation and irritation of throat and lungs, but It drives out the cold from the system by a free yet gentle action of the bowels. Children like the pleasant, taste that is so nearly like maple sugar. Sold by all druggists. THREE FATALLY INJURED And Scores Hurt in Washington on Inauguration Dad. Washington, March 5.?Casualties of the inaugural were three deaths, three probably fatally injured and ' more than seventy-five other injured. The dead are Norman A. Stall, of Richmond; Andrew R. Doran, of Pittsburg, and Samuel Young, of this city. Epilepsy, heart disease and electrocution were the causes of death. Creaping at a snail's pace, heavily laden trains today bore away the inaugural crowds. Crippled tellegraph facilities last night made it impossible to operate \he trains. Seemingly the thousands who flocked to the city attempted to leave I the city simultaneously, and the military organizations with crowded | the stations vied with one another I in displays and music. Indigestion or dyspepsia is inability of the stomach?weak dicostive juices?to digest what you eat. Kodol is a combination of all the natural digestive juices found in an or- ] dinary healthful stomach, and it will digest your food in a natural way. Pleasant to take. Sold by all druggists. CE 6tCO* | SHED 1867^ B ^ ' Q 1 Dl SfTl I FT IP .Pee( : ' jpl >jng house where we have been doing busi lililieo. All orders are sent out same day JNTAIN RYE?A whiskey we have t: ? 'Tie mild end mellow, try It one sold at this low price ears crop, but It Is PURE BRAND i espeoialty for ufe In Maryland. >D lO CENTS EXTRA PER GALLON FOR 24 Pint or 48 Halt-Pint* at An urges at these prices and guarantee safe del Send Money Order or A. IIATKE < I E. CARY ST. BO # IIT UP RiAot TO I Please send me Illustrated Catalog No I FAIRBANKS, MORSE BANK OF OONW/ CAPITAL STOCK . . TOTAL ASSETS OHtKf l>. T. McNeill, J. A. Mel) 1). ( . Collins, M. W. Collins, A "Savingc Bank has recently been ititutlon. Inquire for terms and rat We wish to thank the public for t *nd cordially solicit their future bus D. A. SF1UY, V.l BANK Ol Conwa iUT)tT* T CTr>Pt' uni unii tj i SURPLUS LIABILITY OF STOCKHOLDERS SECURITY TO DEPOSITORS DIREI Robert B. Scarborough, H. L. Buck, Oeorge J. Holiday, We centim e to j ay 5 pei cent inter it ycuraccount BOBEJtT B. BCABBOROt'GH, 1 pRKfilDkNT. This Is just the time of year when you nre most likely to have kidney or bladder trouble, with rheumatism and rheumatic pains caused by weak kidneys. Delays are dangerous. Get DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills, and be sure you get what you ask for. They are the best pills made for back ache, weak back, urinary disorders, etc. They are antiseptic and act promptly. We sell and recommend them. For sale by all druggists. Patent leather shoes should be cleaned with sweet oil applied with a piece of flannel and afterward polished with a soft duster or wad of cotton. If you need a pill take DeWitt's Little Early Risers. Insist on them; gentle, easy, pleasant, little liver pills. Sold by all druggists. It does seem to us that the United States Government should refuse to issue liquor licenses to persons in dry territory. The different States have to respect the laws passed by congress, and it seems to us nothing but rght and proper that the United States Government should respect all laws passed by the State legislatures where it does not conflict with any national law. As the thing now stands it looks like the United States Government does all it can to defeat prohibition. i | Some paper wants to know what has become of Evelyn Thaw? Please don't tell. Let her rest where she Is. LOCATED IN RICHI B 5 KB m m u Lflfilfl 111S HIE HIPPERS OF riNEwHTSgrg-^ BHHIOrlWVHM /W0M inesB for more than forty years. Being ne received. We make Iobscb and breakage 1 >een sailing for forty yoars - ?2 to, than always .... 2 m m ? m m 2 2 m m m m m m m m 2 4WV OF THE ABOVE BUM MOB IN FVLL V Aibow Brmmlm lit Main Cmmam f 7JIO. iyery Write for complete price list, a Registered Letter with order. & COMPANY, X 371. * * JL Jack of Ail Trails I GASOLINE ENGINE I SoCji iC< iawo R ?6gp* NEWmUND FEED MIU I ?'l^ v| This is (he only outfit that will H JmI ;f --A \n griml Knr Corn satisfactorily H 4 ' | _?'g \l with stnull powor. The vuginc cua Ld ^ \m also bo used for puinping/saw Ins wood, s ti < 111 ii?. com. cult lug * (odder, running ore mn k? pnrator, H ehurn or washing n.acliino. Hires H i. iJ62 from 3 H. P; up to 209 il. P., Vor- H Ileal, horizontal or portablo. p* ^ & CO., Chicago, Rl. | CONWAY , ^ V,S.jO j I . . . * 50,000.00 j $250,000.00. TORS einmott, Jno. O. 8pivejt G. P. Quattlebaum, I). A. Spivey, organized In connection with our in* es In this department. heir liberal patronage In the past, iness. P. & Cashier f HOIUIY, y. S, . $ 50 000 10 060 5 50 000 110 000 :iors W. R. Lewi?, \V. A. Johnson,?5 Will A Freeman, et-t on jeerlj dc j < sits, tieve ulicI L. BUCK, WI1A A. I f*Fl If Alt TICK RUFSIDFKT. (.At-tiiiK 1 PROFESSIONAL CARDS* B. M. WOODWARD Attorney ant Councilor At Law* CONWAY, A ?. C. K. ST. AMAN1A, Attorney ! Iaw Conwagr, ft. O. R. B. BCARBROUUH CONWAY, s. a Attorney at Law. W. K. McCOHD, SLUG EON DENTIST. CONWAT, ft. O. Over Bank ot Horry fl. H. BURROUGHS Physician and Surgeon. CONWAY, 8. O. B. WOFFORD WAIT, attorney at Law. OON||Y, S. 0. OffW in SplTejr Building. I THE HEART OF"? M.OND, VAj| f PT SHIPMENTS* I -w_. ^ ? ixt to tne express office gives us the igood 6#'. 2 Oils. 9 Salt. 4% Gala. | OU C4.C)0 96.60 99.00 .50 4 60 6.50 9.00 .60 4.50 6.60 9.00 .60 4.60 6.60 O.OO .60 4.60 6.6a 9.00 QUMKTM." ''f, I m these are only a few brands. Richmond^ Va. | # V';; i i